Telling Time to the Nearest Hour & Half Hour: Drawing Hands on Clocks & Writing Times

Subject: Math, Measurement and Data

Type: 1 Lesson Plan

Skills:

• Collaborate with partners in order to identify the hour and minute hands
• Read time on both an analog and digital clock to the hour and make their own clock to tell time
• Draw the hour and minute hands on both an analog clock and digital clock to match the time

Materials Needed:

• Pencils, red, and blue crayons/colored pencils
• Large teaching clock and small student clocks or use clock printable
• Scissors, glue, and brad fasteners (if not available, you do not need them)
• Counting chips or small blocks – partners have 2 different colors each (or crayons/colored pencils if counting chips are not available)
• Document camera or whiteboard

Printable Resources:

• “Student Clock Practice Sheet” (1 copy per student)
• “Matching Time Game” (1 copy per student) (pieces need to be cut out ahead of time and placed in a bag, or have students help cut out the pieces before playing the game)
• “Matching Time Game Recording Sheet” (1 copy per student)

CCSS: 1.MD.3

File Type: PDF Document